Hay-rack



. (No Model.)

J. L. WILKERSON.

HAY RAGK.

110.481,302. Patented July 1, 1890.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN L. VILKERSON, OF SAN MARCOS, TEXAS.

HAY-RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 431,302, dated July 1, N'1890.

Application filed February 19, 1890. Serial No. 341,075. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN L. WILKERsoN, of San Marcos, in the county of Hays and State cf Texas, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hay-Frames, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in hayframes or frames for supporting hay and the like on wagon-bodies; and the invention consists in certain novel constructions and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a portion of a wagon -body provided with myimprovements. Fig. 2isa longitudinal section of a wagon-body provided with my improvements, and Figs. 3 and 4 are detail views.

My improved frame comprises base barsor rods A, standards or uprights B, connected with the said base bars at the ends thereof, sectional and foldable side arms O,connected with such standards or uprights, the end uprights D and the end arms C connected therewith and constructed like the side arms. The base-barsare constructed to rest upon the bottom of the wagon -body and to fit snugly between the sides thereof, the side uprights being riveted or otherwise secured at their lower ends to the base-bars and extending up along the inner sides of the wagon-body, and being provided at their upperends with outwardlyextended portions l), having upwardly-facing hook-like bearings or shoulders b at their outer ends. The uprights D have similar portion h and hooks h. The arms C are formed of inner and outer sections E and F, the section F. being pivoted to the upright at a point in from the hook-like bearing b', so that said section E will, when turned outward, rest on shoulderh. The section F is pivoted near one end to section E, near the outer end of the latter, and is provided with an extension f beyond its pivot, having a shoulder or hook f, which, when the sections E and F are turned outward, bears under seetionE and holds section F at an angle inclining outward and in proper position to receive and support the hay, straw, or the like.

The end uprights D are providedA at their lower ends with slots d, and are fitted at such ends over the end base-bars, as shown. To

retain the frame in the body I provide the fastening devices, which consist pre fcrably of bolts Gr, constructed at their inner ends to engage the standards or uprights, and passed through the wagonbody sides and ends, and secured preferably by nuts, as shown. These fastening deviccs,arranged as shown, serve a double purpose, operating to secure and retain the frame in the wagon body, and. also to steady and brace the uprights or standards in position. The arms, being made in sections and foldable, can be spread outward to form the rack or frame to receive the hay or be folded in when the wagon is not loaded or when it is desired to remove the frame and store it in a barn or carriage house, and in folding the frame the uprights may be folded down on the base-bars.

Side bars l-I have socket-pieces 7L to receive the ends of the arm sections F, and may be easily applied to and removed from such sections.

Having thus described my in vention, what l claim as new isl. ln a hay-frame adapted for application to a wagon-body, the combination of the basebars, the standards or uprights connected therewith, the arms connected with said uprights, and the fastening-bolts engaging such uprights, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of the uprighis having outward extensions at their upper ends, provided with stop shoulders or hooks, and the side arms having their inner sections pivoted to said uprights at a point in from-the stop'- shoulders and arranged to rest on said shoul ders when turned outward, substantially as set forth.

rlhe combination, in a hay-frame, of the end base-bar, the end upright. having its lower end slotted and arranged to embrace said base-bar, the fastening device engaging said upright, and the arm connected therewith, substantially as set forth. l

In a hayfra1ne, the combination of the base-bars, the uprights pivoted to said basebars, and the arms pivoted to the uprights, substantially as set forth.

5. The improved hay-frame consisting ot the base bars, the side uprights connected therewith and provided at their upper outer ends with stop shoulders or portions, the end ICO uprights provided at their upper outer ends comprising the uprights, the arms Connectedl ro with stop shoulders orp0rtions,the arms havwith such uprights and constructed to fold ingr their inner sections pvoted to the upfreely inward, and stop, devices by which to rights `and arranged to engage stopshoulders limit the outward folding of such arms, subthereof, the outer arm-sections, and the side stantially as set forth.

bars having sockets to receive the ends of JOHN L. WILKERSON. such outer arm-sections, substantially as set Vitnesses: Y forth. WV, D. WOOD,

6. A hay-frame, substantially as described, J ERE. HORN.l 

